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Debian dsa-5923 : net-tools - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236929

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5923 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5923-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 18, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : net-tools CVE ID : CVE-2025-46836 Debian Bug : 1105806

 Mohamed Maatallah discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the get_name() function in net-tools, a collection of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux kernel, which may result in denial of service (application crash) or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.10-0.1+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your net-tools packages.

 For the detailed security status of net-tools please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/net-tools

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the net-tools packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/net-tools

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46836

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/net-tools

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236929

File Name: debian_DSA-5923.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2025

Updated: 5/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:net-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46836